diff --git a/gcsfs/core.py b/gcsfs/core.py
index f45878af..2de4ba52 100644
--- a/gcsfs/core.py
+++ b/gcsfs/core.py
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ async def _get_object(self, path):
                 maxResults=1 if not generation else None,
                 versions="true" if generation else None,
             )
-            for item in self._filter_ghost_items(resp.get("items", [])):
+            for item in resp.get("items", []):
                 if item["name"] == key and (
                     not generation or item.get("generation") == generation
                 ):
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ async def _list_buckets(self):
             page = await self._call("GET", "b", project=self.project, json_out=True)
 
             assert page["kind"] == "storage#buckets"
-            items.extend(self._filter_ghost_items(page.get("items", [])))
+            items.extend(page.get("items", []))
             next_page_token = page.get("nextPageToken", None)
 
             while next_page_token is not None:
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ async def _list_buckets(self):
                 )
 
                 assert page["kind"] == "storage#buckets"
-                items.extend(self._filter_ghost_items(page.get("items", [])))
+                items.extend(page.get("items", []))
                 next_page_token = page.get("nextPageToken", None)
 
             buckets = [